On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10:36:54 PM UTC, Bruce wrote: > > From: <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > > Question for Bruce; > > Remember when you tried to establish an arrow of time at the quantum level > with a paper on bremsstrahlung? Eventually, you withdrew that analysis. But > if you believe quantum measurements are irreversible in principle, isn't > that sufficient to establish an arrow of time at the quantum level? AG > > > An arrow of time implies a direction. Simple irreversibility does not > establish a direction for time. > > Bruce >
If a quantum measurement is, in principle irreversible, and is the result of a decoherence process which in principle is reversible (since it's unitary), is this not a contradictory position? This seems to be your position IIUC. CMIIAW. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
